The battle damaged tail of a B-26 Marauder (serial number 41-31746) of the 322nd Bomb Group, after being hit by German 20mm cannon fire, 27 August 1943. Official caption on image: "(GAD-55-1-42SG)(27 Aug 43)(A/C 41-31746-B26-Battle Damage)." Handwritten caption on reverse: '20. 20mm - no difficulty in control.'

Service

Units

GroupThe 322nd Bombardment Squadron (Medium) was activated on 19-Jun-1942 at MacDill Field, Florida with B-26B Marauder aircraft. In late September 1942 the unit moved to Drane Field, Florida. The Ground echelon sailed for the UK aboard the Queen Elizabeth...

Places

Military site : airfieldThe base was known as Great Saling when construction – by US Army engineers – began in 1942 but was renamed Andrews Field in honour of the memory of Gen. Frank M. Andrews, who was killed when the B-24 he was travelling in crash-landed in Iceland on 3...